Aya Yanai Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Otorhinolaryngology, -Head , Neck Surgery, throat
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University of Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
Aya Yanai Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University of Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan. He has specializes in problems of the head and neck. Otolaryngology is a shortened form of the term otorhinolaryngology, which comes from Greek words for ear (oto), nose (rhino), and throat (laryn). Otolaryngologists used to focus solely on problems of the ear, nose, and throat
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Author(s): Takeshi Kusunoki, Hirotomo Homma, Yoshinobu Kidokoro, Aya Yanai, Kenji Sonoda, Yuichiro Saikawa, Ryo Wada and Katsuhisa Ikeda
An 88-year-old Japanese man underwent cervical spondylotic surgery under general anesthesia at a referring hospital. He soon fell into dyspnea after extubation. He underwent tracheotomy to keep the airway patent and was transferred to our hospital. In the preoperative CT scan, tumors of the bilateral lobes of the thyroid were diffusely swollen and had grown into the space between the posterior wall of the trachea and esophagus, leading to the tracheal stenosis by compressing the posterior wall of the trachea .
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